These images have been contributed by fan Jay Mooney. Included are photo's from Fred Smith as well as Gater News and newspaper clippings and display the wide variety of cars that competed at the fast half mile in Owego, NY.

5/6/2007

Hi again Jeff,I scanned a few photos from my personal collection of Gene Heath’s Hemi (Numbered through the years as #2 and #22 with a couple of different paint jobs).Joe Kelly drove the Hemi at Shangri-la’s 1970 All-Star League event. From the story I heard, Gene wanted an All-Star League driver for that race who would be a guaranteed starter. Before he selected Kelly as his driver, Gene initially contacted Will Cagle to drive the car. Now, everyone knows Cagle was a “money racer” and Gene fully expected Cagle to say he wanted 40% of the prize money which was the universally accepted rate for “hired guns”. When Gene asked him what percentage he wanted, Cagle said, “100% and $100”. To which Gene replied, “I know you’re good, but you’re not THAT good!” and promptly hung up the phone! Following the 1970 season, Gene sold the car to Red Harrington who raced it on dirt. I’m pretty sure the photo of Red standing next to his #14 in the Twin Valley section of your site is indeed the very same car. - Jay Mooney

Additions 5/13/2007

Here's some more from Jay Mooney's personal collection.

Additions 12/16/2007

Hi again Jeff,I received a package from my parents today which included some old clippings from the Binghamton Press I thought you may find interesting:The first is a clipping from the Binghamton Press dated April 12, 1966 by Bill Dowd on the “new, lighter car” being constructed for Don Diffendorf…the S/360 owned by Glen Scott. Interesting note, the car’s 1966 price tag of $4-$5000 translates to $25-$30,000 in today’s dollars. Righteous bucks!The second clipping is from the Binghamton Sunday Press of John Manny driver Bob Quick taken at Five Mile Point. I’m sorry I don’t have the date, but it’s definitely the 1950’s. There were more photos in the spread, including a photo of John Manny, his son and the #49 at speed at Five Mile Point but it was mostly torn to pieces (sorry).On the back of the Bob Quick clipping, on the next page, there’s an ad for Shangri-la announcing a Sunday afternoon race sanctioned by the F.L.R.A. (Finger Lakes Racing Association).Happy reading and Happy Holidays!-Jay Mooney

The F.L.R.A. was originally the Finger Lakes Roadster Association and tried to emulate the roadster success of the west coast. The organization scheduled events at Shangri-La, Glen Aubrey and Ithaca-Dryden Speedways until giving over to the stocks and becomong the F.L.Racing Association. Note that Quick's car, most likely the Manny #49 had no front downbars to the cage, truly a 'Stock Car''. As Jay relates - the S/360 was no small investment, the following season they added the aluminum headed 427...and won the championship at Shangri-La. Thanks Jay!